Polish artist recreates famous Solidarity poster for abortion rights protests


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  • Friday, 30 Oct 2020

Artist Jarek Kubicki, who has redesigned an iconic Polish campaign poster from the 1989 election, Poland's first democratic vote after World War Two, to mark massive abortion rights protests sweeping throughout the country, poses at his home in Warsaw, Poland, October 28, 2020. Picture taken October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Warsaw artist Jarek Kubicki has designed posters for the hundreds of thousands protesting against the restriction of abortion in Poland based on a famous image of the Solidarity trade union, which helped topple communism in the country.

The Constitutional Court's decision last Thursday that abortions due to foetal abnormalities are unconstitutional has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets in recent days, demanding Poland's conservative government reverse the ruling.

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